Sunday, April 25, 2010

Zion National Park Family Vacation…

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We did it!  We had our first official little family of three vacation :)  It was so much fun!  We went to Zion National Park in Utah!  We got there Thursday afternoon and played through Sunday morning.  Both ways we stopped in Vegas to stretch our legs and give Little Chomp a car seat break.  He did a great job considering that he’d much rather be hiking or in his stroller than in a car.   We had all kinds of weather.  When we left Redlands, there was snow on the mountains…then we met rain on the drive…it was cold, windy, and cloudy the first day at Zion and then became clear and in the mid-seventies.  When we got home, it was in the eighties and perfect :)  We also got to get in for free!!  Apparently, the week of Earth Day all entrance fees to National Parks are waived.  Yippee ;)

We went on 6 hikes in the three days and all of us felt that we can now do “real” vacations with Chompy without it being too stressful.  Much of this is due to our hotel—Cable Mountain Lodge, which had a full kitchen that made feeding Chompy very easy!  Well, that and the fact that we could bring baby food with us on the trail and give it to him as we needed to. :) And, that Chompy loves being outside!!  We highly recommend Cable Mountain Lodge to anyone going to Zion.  It was amazing!  We also have two other plugs…we brought most of our own food with us.  But, we ate two meals in local restaurants.  We ate dinner at Zion Pizza and Noodle Company.  Such yummy, yummy pizza and the atmosphere was awesome.  Who doesn’t love a pizza and pub in a converted Mormon Church?! :)    And, we ate brunch at the Spotted Dog Cafe Restaurant.  Oooh, was it amazing.  First of all, our table had a view of the mountain at sunrise.  And, the food was incredible and a buffet!  Perfection!

Here are a few pictures to show you a little of our adventures.  For the whole set, check out Josh’s Flickr Site-- Click Here! :) 

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The Bellagio-too bad Chompy’s face is all cut off :)

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I LOVE HIKING!!!!!!!!! 

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Soooo purty!!!

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Momma, look there’s a big canyon down there!

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Lookin’ out the back of the shuttle.

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Hiking at dusk is fun! 

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Incredible! 

Go see Josh’s site for more ;) 

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Playing at Ford Park…

Not much else to say :)

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Find the Fishy

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How do you like our new lens?  ;) 

Thursday, April 8, 2010

More Easter….

Easter Sunday we went to Papa and Grandma’s house.

We played at the park and then Chompy had soooo much fun with his Tias, Grandparents, Cousins and especially Cassidy!

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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Happy Easter Egg Hunting…

Today was the annual Easter Egg hunt at the Yucaipa Community Park. 

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There were sooooo many kiddos!! 

Luckily, the people running it were smart and separated the hunt by ages…so Chompy got to be in the 0-1 year old area with his friend Olivia. 

And, they are off….

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Crawling with the basket is hard work :)  Thanks Grandma Nancy for the basket!  It helped me get my eggs today. 

 

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Happy Babies with our eggies!

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We stayed a little after to enjoy the park some more…

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Momma and Daddy brought out the bubbles that Grandma and Grandpa gave me for Easter. 

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They are kind of funny things :)

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